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22 Cards in this Set
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Proscenium Stage |
Area surrounding stage opening Looks like picture frame for action Divides audience with performers
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Stage Directions |
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Apron |
Area outside proscenium, used to break barrier between audience and stage. |
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Cyclorama "Cyc" |
Light/neutral colored curtain where light can be projected to create different moods |
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Backdrop |
suspended canvas to provide a background, narrows the space
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Upper Paleolithic Era |
Dance used for communication and expression Way of Life No verbal communication Drums, circles, unity, group dances Ex. River Dance |
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Ancient Period |
Dance for dramatic intent Aesthetic elements Many advancements in this time period Solo dances Ex. Chinese Dragon Dance |
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Medieval Period |
Islamic Dance/ belly dancing Christianity- body is evil, dance must glorify church. Susperstition/ black plague/ witchcraft Dance Frenzy/ Dance Macabre |
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Renaissance Period |
Art became individual activity Rise of ballet |
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Catherine de Medici |
Married King of France, brought ballet to French culture |
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King Louis XIV |
"sun king" made many ballets that he performed in used ballet for power La Sylphide- Romantic Ballet |
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Classical Ballet |
Pantomime, elaborate costumes, fairytale Ex. Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky |
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Principal Dancer |
Highest rank Featured dancer Story centered on him/her |
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Soloist |
dancer where focus of story is not on him/her
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Demisoloist |
Dancer above corps de ballet, may have short featured roles |
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Corps de Ballet |
group of dancers that are backdrop for principal dancers Synchronized movements |
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Nijinski |
Known for provocative dances |
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George Ballanchine |
Russian, came to America and opened School of American Ballet in NYC Neoclassical Agon (political statement a/b segregation) |
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Mats Ek |
Reworked classical ballets into contemporary Ex. Giselle, Sleeping Beauty, and Carmen |
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Matthew Bourne |
Restaged Swan Lake into all males |
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Diaghiliev |
Created the Ballet Russes |
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Fokine's Principals |
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